Daniel Tompkins
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 1, BATTLE 20 Follow the bracket here! SPIDER ISLAND #1 VS CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND THE MIGHTY DEFENDERS #1 I’m at the point with Battleworld where I have to make sure I don’t let fatigue affect my reviews. Popfilter selected its Battleworld Battleword writers from among the strongest and most highly trained endurance athletes in the…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK NINE PREVIEW ROUND ONEBATTLE TWENTY SPIDER-ISLAND #1 CHRISTOS GAGE & TOM DEFALCO (w) PACO DIAZ & RON FRENZ (a) – The Spider-Queen has turned Manhattan into an island of Spider-Madness and Peter Parker has lost, thanks to Spider-Scribe CHRISTOS GAGE (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN) & rising star artist PACO DIAZ (WOLVERINE, SCARLET SPIDERS). –…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK EIGHT PREVIEW ROUND ONEBATTLE EIGHTEEN RED SKULL #1 JOSHUA WILLIAMS (w) – LUCA PIZZARI (a) – One of the most vile villains of the Marvel Universe gets his very own twisted Secret Wars series! – Red Skull should be dead but his legend grows, so a team of villains that includes Winter Soldier,…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK SEVEN PREVIEW ROUND TWOBATTLE ONE A-FORCE #1-2 MARGUERITE BENNETT & G. WILLOW WILSON (w) JORGE MOLINA (a/C) – With monsters appearing on the utopian island of Arcadia and threatening its inhabitants, She-Hulk and her team of Avengers set out to discover the source. – But when they stumble upon a conspiracy that…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 1, BATTLE 17 Follow the bracket here! KORVAC SAGA #1 VS X-MEN ’92 #1 I wanna say up top that I’m not too impressed with either of this weeks offerings. And that’s ok. In any massive, visceral fight to the death, there’s gonna be a few stragglers who just…don’t seem to be on board.…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK SIX PREVIEW ROUND TWOBATTLE THREE INFINITY GAUNTLET #1-2 DUSTIN WEAVER & GERRY DUGGAN (w) DUSTIN WEAVER (a/C) VARIANT COVER BY TBA – Thanos vs. Nova! VS OLD MAN LOGAN #1-2 BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) – ANDREA SORRENTINO (a/C) – He may be an Old Man, but never before has the world…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 1, BATTLE 14 Follow the bracket here! WEIRDWORLD VS BATTLEWORLD: RUNAWAYS If there’s one thing that Battleworld: Runaways makes clear it’s that intro comics have a lot of groundwork to cover. Even without having to explain the twists and nuances of the Battleworld setting, you’ve got like 24 pages to introduce the characters, introduce…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 2, BATTLE 2 Follow the bracket here! SECRET WARS: BATTLEWORLD #2 VS ULTIMATE END #2 Secret Wars: Battleworld reads a lot like Marvel’s old “What If?” series. Each issue features two short arcs about a different wacky result of Battleworld’s existence. Simply put, Secret Wars: Battleworld is what it’s like when worlds collide. M.O.D.O.K. summons…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 1, BATTLE 2 Follow the bracket here! PLANET HULK #1 VS MASTER OF KUNG FU #1 Reading Marvel comics always feels like walking in on a group mid-conversation — you just nod and try to mimic their emotions. If you’re at least slightly familiar with Marvel Comics, it’s like walking in on a group of…
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While I write this update, I’m drinking a Bloody Mary, and doing so for a couple of reasons: First off, because it’s Saturday. That means it’s totally okay for anyone to start drinking whenever they feel like it, regardless of what “time†it is or how many “families†with “kids†are running around to say…
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